Disclaimer2: I did not create nor do I own American Mcgee's Alice. You need only to look at its name to know that.
Abyss
Chapter 1: Warnings
Alice sat under a knarled tree of greenish brown colouring. She listened
to the gentle chatter of the flowers and the quarrels of the Sun and Moon.
Her thought rested upon the undisturbed peace of Wonderland, it relaxed
her and she almost felt like sleeping. She leant back on the tree which
sharply pushed her away.
"Can't an old woman relax here????" The tree screeched and waved its
branches around at Alice. Alice chuckled to herself and strolled off through
the forest known as the Tulgey wood. As she reached the end of the Tulgey
wood she saw a familier face.
"Cheshire! How good to see you!" The sleek grey cat grinned at Alice,
which was not suprising because he was always grinning.
"Alice, I am here for a reason, this is not a social visit" Alice's
smile faded when Cheshire said this.
"Go on" She urged and Cheshire, still grinning madly, continued.
"I'm afraid that Wonderland, still healing from The Queen's terrible
reign still holds the sources of darkness and anyone could take advantage
of them" Cheshire explained gravely.
"But- but I destroyed the major evils of Wonderland" Alice stuttered,
staring deeply into Cheshire's face.
"Yes, but what about the minor evils?" He replied quietly. Alice was
confused about this.
"The Card Guards are in hiding, the Fire Imps are locked away, the
Red chess peices are stuck in their great war with the White chess peices,
and queenless they are being crushed! What minor evils could possibly harm
Wonderland? " Alice cried.
"I do not know, but I have felt a darkness enter Wonderland and it
is growing, I fear before long you will face another major evil" Cheshire
sighed. And started to fade away, tail first and spreading around him,
when his grin was all that was left he said. "I know little of this though,
go see Caterpillar"
Alice did this and soon found herself standing before the large bug
as he sat on The Great Mushroom of Life, one of the most powerful items
in Wonderland, and smoked opium.
"You are here about Cheshire's warning hmmm" Caterpillar mused and
blew a plume of smoke into the sky. It twisted into red and violet clouds.
"Yes, I was wondering whether you could elaborate on it" Alice asked
as politely as she knew, which from the time she had spent battling her
former freinds during the Red Queen's reign had become virtually non-existant.
"Elaborate? I can tell you that Wonderland has become larger." Caterpillar
inhaled some opium after he said this and blew another plume of smoke,
this time green, down onto the ground, a small flower sprouted up where
the smoke had sunk in. Alice carefully stepped around it and walked right
up to Caterpillar.
"Larger? In what way?" Alice inquired with authentic curiousity. Caterpillar
put his face close to hers and whispered.
"An abyss, a bottomless pit, huge in fact stretching out further than
anyone has explored, partly because it didn't exist until ooooooooh ten
minutes from now" Alice was not suprised by this estimate of time. As Cheshire
had said, he was mad, she was mad, everyone in Wonderland was mad.
"Where?" Alice whispered back, becoming victim of that strange way
of matching the way the person you are conversing with talks. Caterpillar
twisted his head.
"Go south-west to Despair, the abyss port, then take a ship to the
Floating Islands. I have a contact at Paranoia Lane, on the Island of Fear."
Caterpillar smiled in a homely way. Alice put her hands at her sides and
glared at Caterpillar.
"I don't care much for the names" She moaned. Caterpillar scowled and
put some Mushroom dust into hookah. He inhaled deeply and brought his face
back to Alice's.
"Grow up" He yelled deafeningly and blew some creamish smoke in her
face. Alice felt herself become dizzy and she swerved around. Funny, how
small Caterpillar seemed, he was so tall a moment ago, and now he was a
foot smaller than her, even on the tall mushroom. And getting smaller each
minute, Alice observed.
"AND TAKE SOME COMPANIONS, THE ROAD CAN BE TREACHEROUS!!!!!" Caterpillar,
who was now only Arm's length on Alice, (Including Mushroom) a few moments
later she was looking down at the tiny mushroom with an even smaller Caterpillar
perched on top.
Sorry if this chapter was a bit short and un-actionly. But I've got to get the story established. Please R&R
I'll be doing more soon!